---
title: "AP-2 zone in Smithers: Airport Industrial"
place: Smithers, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/smithers
zone: AP-2
bylaw: Zoning Bylaw No. 1987 (adopted June 17, 2025)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/ap-2/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/ap-2.json"
---

# AP-2 zone in Smithers: Airport Industrial

To accommodate an industrial park.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** To accommodate an industrial park.
- **Main uses:** Aids for air navigation and safety; Air cargo facility; Aircraft operation and storage, including private storage hangars; Aircraft equipment sales, service, and storage; Airport maintenance and utility areas; Airport parking; Airport taxi facility; Automobile rentals; Document and parcel delivery depot; Flight training school; Fuel storage; Military / air force; Mini storage; Trucking and freight depot; Warehouse use and wholesale sales; Weather observation station and airport-related research facility; Camp services and expediting operations, including offices, outdoor storage and warehousing; Food packaging, repackaging, operations; Labelling operations; Industrial, primary; Laboratory, testing facility; Aviation related office use
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Fuel pumps for private use only; Office use; Outdoor storage; Retail sales and display of goods (up to 50 m² or 10% of gross floor area, whichever is less)
- **Minimum lot area:** 558 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 25 metres
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 75% for all buildings and structures
- **Maximum height:** 12 metres
- **Front setback:** 3 metres (layout unclear)
- **Rear setback:** 3 metres
- **Interior side setback:** 4.5 metres (layout unclear)
- **Street side setback:** 4.5 metres (layout unclear)
- **Accessory building setbacks:** Principal and auxiliary buildings follow the same setbacks
- **Other rules:** Maximum 1 auxiliary building; Storage of equipment must be enclosed or screened; outdoor storage areas must be screened with an opaque fence; Development, subdivision, setback and height requirements in the airport zones are also subject to Transport Canada and NAV Canada regulations

## Source

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 1987 (adopted June 17, 2025), s. 8.2](https://www.smithers.ca/sites/default/files/2025-06/Town%20of%20Smithers%20Zoning%20Bylaw%20No.%201987_Deepa%20Chandran.pdf#page=84) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Smithers: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/zoning/ap-2/_